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There simply aren't any other films around this Christmas that deliver as much solid entertainment as "The Mirror Crack'd. Apr 28, 2018 | Full Review…
There simply aren't any other films around this Christmas that deliver as much solid entertainment as "The Mirror Crack'd.
Michael Blowen
The Christie plot ends up so drastically foreshortened that you'd swear a reel must have been misplaced, although the sluggish direction of Guy Hamilton doesn't make one anxious to see it restored. Nov 2, 2015 | Full Review…
The Christie plot ends up so drastically foreshortened that you'd swear a reel must have been misplaced, although the sluggish direction of Guy Hamilton doesn't make one anxious to see it restored.
Gary Arnold
The good lines make Mirror more fun to watch than it has any right to be. Mar 23, 2011 | Full Review…
The good lines make Mirror more fun to watch than it has any right to be.
Richard Schickel
For all her prolificacy, Agatha Christie relied too often on one particular plot twist, and as soon as you recognize her old favorite here, the film loses all interest. Mar 23, 2011 | Full Review…
For all her prolificacy, Agatha Christie relied too often on one particular plot twist, and as soon as you recognize her old favorite here, the film loses all interest.
Dave Kehr
A nostalgic throwback to the genteel British murder mystery pix of the 1950s. Mar 26, 2009 | Full Review…
A nostalgic throwback to the genteel British murder mystery pix of the 1950s.
Variety Staff
Though it's obvious after five minutes that this is a complete no-no, the cinema equivalent of a bellyflop, it exercises a perverse fascination Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Though it's obvious after five minutes that this is a complete no-no, the cinema equivalent of a bellyflop, it exercises a perverse fascination
Don Macpherson
For the more hard-line Christie aficionados, Hamilton's film is likely to be just a little too casual in its adaptation. For the less discriminating, it's a blast. Oct 18, 2017 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
For the more hard-line Christie aficionados, Hamilton's film is likely to be just a little too casual in its adaptation. For the less discriminating, it's a blast.
J.R. Southall
The big-name cast is a great, nostalgic throwback to the 1950s, when its players' names -- Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis -- graced giant theater marquees. Mar 23, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The big-name cast is a great, nostalgic throwback to the 1950s, when its players' names -- Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis -- graced giant theater marquees.
[A] classic murder mystery drama. Mar 23, 2011 | Full Review…
[A] classic murder mystery drama.
Film4 Staff
The Mirror Crack'd is a thoroughly enjoyable Agatha Christie mystery. Jan 29, 2004 | Full Review…
The Mirror Crack'd is a thoroughly enjoyable Agatha Christie mystery.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Watching Novak and Taylor lay into each other verbally is a treat. Whether that should be what you come away with from a Miss Marple movie is another consideration. Sep 18, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Watching Novak and Taylor lay into each other verbally is a treat. Whether that should be what you come away with from a Miss Marple movie is another consideration.
Ken Hanke
Both Miss Taylor and Miss Novak, as larger-than-life silver-screen rivals of a certain age, get all wound up for some fancy, high-toned tongue-lashings, but the material isn't up to their power. Aug 30, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5
Both Miss Taylor and Miss Novak, as larger-than-life silver-screen rivals of a certain age, get all wound up for some fancy, high-toned tongue-lashings, but the material isn't up to their power.
Vincent Canby
An all-star cast usually indicates a lack of substance in a film -- one that relies on flashiness over story telling. The Mirror Crack'd is no exception. Nevertheless, it is an enjoyable film despite its credulity-stretching reveal and typical confession-without-compelling-evidence resolution. It's a fun lark, but not serious film...and the cat fights should be on every diva-watcher's "must see" list.
Super Reviewer
As usual with a star studded cast, your focus gets lost, and the story gets boring. Other than that, the mystery is pretty interesting. If you're a fan of these kind of films, watch it, it's pretty good.
A little slow in the start, and a little flabby in the middle, but like most Agatha Christie adaptions, the ending is quite the doozy.
Kim Novak is the standout here with a wonderfully droll performance, but the picture borders on poor taste sticking as closely as it does to the Gene Tierney tragedy.
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